How To Replace Rotted Clapboard Siding

This following is a step by step guide for replacement of clapboard shingles and shake siding.

How to replace rotted clapboard siding.

Start by identifying the damaged clapboards. Replacing wood siding will be based on the amount of damage that may be present. Secure old siding by driving ring shank nails down at an angle through the old nail holes. Specifically he shows every step in how to remove old.

To remove a damaged clapboard drive wedges t pull it away from the house and pry out the nails. Cut the nails at the bottom of the row above the boards you re replacing. How to replace damaged clapboards. To make the replacement clapboard measure the location of the old one not the board you just removed.

Pull loose nails from clapboard siding. Using some good quality paintable caulk caulk the top and bottom edges of the new piece of siding. A single rotted clapboard can usually be replaced by the homeowner or the commercial maintenance crew by using the old rotted clapboard as a measurement board for the new siding plank. Wedges are available at most hardware stores.

Tap flat bar under siding to loosen nails. Use galvanized nails to attach the new siding to studs. Pull nails from split clapboard. To get at the nails carefully wedge out the bottom of the siding 1 8 to 3 16 in.

Use a small hacksaw with a sharp blade. When clapboards or shakes are rotten or broken your home s siding can no longer do the job it s meant to do. To remove pry them from the house with thin pry bars and a hammer starting with the easiest. Grab butt edge of damaged clapboard and lift up sharply snapping it.

Using a wood scrap gently tap the siding into place from the opposite end to finish the job nail your new piece of siding to the studs using hot dipped galvanized nails. Before the siding can go up 1x4 starter strips of treated lumber should be nailed to the sill where the lower most course of siding will go up image 2. Damaged siding lets air water dirt and insects through to the inside. Drive wedges under the siding with a hammer to pull it outward and remove any nails from the lower end of the siding once it s propped outward.

Start by pulling the damaged siding from the house. First to help avoid any future insect damage back prime the cedar with oil based primer image 1. Then cut out the damaged section with a backsaw.